Comments on: 5 things about Protection Warriors that still rock the house

By: How we defeated Sartharion-10 with three drakes « Fel Fire

How we defeated Sartharion-10 with three drakes « Fel Fire — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:57:59 +0000

[...] Protection warriors make excellent add tanks! It seems to me that many, many warriors are still locked into the old TBC mindset (i.e., that warriors are single-target tanks — period, dot — and paladins are the superior AoE tanks). This is no longer the case. Don’t believe me? Ask Spinks! [...]

By: spinks

spinks — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:47:29 +0000

@Kelarr Rawr for bears Actually I /love/ tanking 10 mans alongside a feral, it just feels like the two classes work very well together to me.

I also do run a lot of heroics with my feral friend, in her bear spec. We don’t always double tank them (although it’s been known) but we enjoy having the extra flexibility for her to jump into bear as needed.

I really do like ferals.

By: Kelarr

Kelarr — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:59:55 +0000

As a feral tank, I know that the view of bears is that they are big health pools, but can be mana sponges as far as healing. I’m the big bear in Pix Executioner’s guild, and I definitely don’t gear/gem/enchant stamina heavy. I’d much rather have a steady damage input than just a huge hp pool that can deal with spikes of damage. Our main priest healer, who happens to also be my roommate, likes this. In fact, one heroic VH run he went off to get a drink from the fridge for a portal. Not an issue at all. For those that don’t much like healing bears, I’m sorry they haven’t run into ones prioritizing like I am.
As far as warrior tanks go, I don’t know squat about playing them, but know that they can be awesome to tank beside. Double tank heroics for the win!

By: Elleiras

Elleiras — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:07:50 +0000

As someone who knows next to nothing about warriors (in spite of hanging out in the tank group for over a year as the ‘lock on imp duty; you’d think osmosis would have kicked in, or something…), I thank you for the insight!

Now … do you think you could have a conversation with my raid’s prot warrior? >.> He sulked for a week when we we asked him to tank the adds on Sarth 3D, claiming that the paladin was the better add-tank and he, the warrior, should be on drakes instead.

As for #4, I personally find paladins the easiest to heal, followed by warriors, druids and death knights, in that order. That’s a huge over-generalization though, since it’s really dependent on gear.

By: Tarsus

Tarsus — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:46:05 +0000

1. Definately true. With TC + Shockwave you’ll out-threat a Pally or a DK for about 4-5 seconds before they pull off you.

2. Warbringer is also a great way to get some quick rage in the middle of combat.

3. Too many effects in PvE are immune to it. I would trade Spell Reflect for Anti-Magic Shell any day of the week to have something that is actually going to work when I want it/need it to.

4. Definitely depends on your gear. And your healer’s playstyle.

5. The Valorous Dreadnaught set reminds me too much of Wrath. I’ll stick with my instincts on this one, the designer who is behind the shoulders for the warrior tier pieces needs to be put in stocks. Also, WTB a plate helm that doesn’t look stupid on a tauren.

By: spinks

spinks — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:32:30 +0000

Yeah, I think it’s very easy to feel gimped if you spend much time reading forums. And in truth it does annoy me that we’re lagging behind a bit on damage/ threat. I do see the other tanks pulling ahead a bit.

But I do /love/ playing my warrior. It really is the most fun class for me. And when I bunk off doing useful stuff and go run a few heroics just for the heck of it, I realise just how good she is.

By: Darraxus

Darraxus — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:21:35 +0000

I agree. I commented on Hudson at Hudson’s Hideout and his thoughts that Warrior tanks are gimped! And his warrior hasnt even hit 80 yet 0_0.

By: Werit

Werit — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:49:37 +0000

Sword and Board is a lot of fun too.